Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (17 November 1948 – 23 October 2025) was a Ghanaian politician. She was married to President Jerry Rawlings. She was First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and from 31 December 1981 to 7 January 2001. In 2016, she became the first woman to run for President of Ghana. In 2018, she published a memoir entitled It Takes a Woman.

Infobox

President

Jerry Rawlings

Preceded by

Founder

Succeeded by

Mohammed Frimpong

Born

Nana Konadu Agyeman(1948-11-17)17 November 1948Cape Coast, Gold Coast

Died

23 October 2025(2025-10-23) (aged 76)Accra, Ghana

Nationality

Ghanaian

Spouse

mw- Jerry Rawlings (m. 1977; died 2020)

Children

Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Yaa Asantewaa Agyeman-Rawlings, Amina Agyeman-Rawlings, Kimathi Agyeman-Rawling

Education

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Tables

· External links

New title

Party political offices

New title

Party political offices

National Democratic Party nominee for President of Ghana 2012, 2016, 2020

Party political offices

Succeeded byMohammed Frimpong

Party political offices
New title	National Democratic Party nominee for President of Ghana 2012, 2016, 2020	Succeeded byMohammed Frimpong

References

Myjoyonline
https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2015/October-21st/photos-meet-former-first-lady-nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings.php
Glitz Africa Magazine
https://www.glitzafrica.com/glitz-top-100-inspirational-women/100/
Graphic Online
https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-news-nana-konadu-out-with-first-book-it-takes-a-woman.html
It takes a woman: A life shaped by heritage, leadership and the women who definied hope
GhanaWeb
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=1940
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190323121644/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/My-mother-opposed-my-marriage-to-Rawlings-Nana-Konadu-reveals-704404
Pulse Ghana
https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/personality-profile-nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings/24m7f6y
GhanaWeb
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/31st-December-Women-s-Movement-Is-Not-A-Political-Wing-Of-178025
Modern Ghana
https://www.modernghana.com/news/588783/1/lets-use-this-year-31st-december-occasion-to-invit.html
Peace Fm Online
https://web.archive.org/web/20190804164826/https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/201602/270811.php
The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/07/ghanas-hillary-clinton-nana-rawlings-first-woman-run-president/
Africa Report in January and February 1995
"NANA KONADU AGYEMAN RAWLINGS – Western Africa Magazine"
https://westernafricamagazine.org/culture/nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings/
Ministry of the Interior│Republic of Ghana
https://www.mint.gov.gh/muntaka-mourns-nana-konadu-agyemang-rawlings/
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Modern Ghana
https://www.modernghana.com/news/817210/nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings-celebrates-69th-birthday.html
Graphic Online
https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/ndp-s-nana-konadu-has-not-dropped-from-dec-7-presidential-race.html
GhanaWeb
https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Today-in-History-Nana-Konadu-Agyeman-Rawlings-loses-sister-1826567
"Rawlings family to announce funeral arrangements for late former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings - MyJoyOnline"
https://www.myjoyonline.com/rawlings-family-to-brief-press-on-funeral-arrangements-for-late-former-first-lady-nana-konadu-agyemang-rawlings/
"Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings dies at 76"
https://citinewsroom.com/2025/10/former-first-lady-nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings-dies-at-76/
MyJoyOnline
https://www.myjoyonline.com/nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings-passes-on/
Pulse Ghana
https://www.pulse.com.gh/articles/news/breaking-news-former-first-lady-nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings-passes-away-aged-77-2025102313312649446
"BREAKING: Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings Dies at 76 | Now Accra"
https://nowaccra.com/2025/10/23/breaking-former-first-lady-nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings-dies-at-76/
"Ghana bids farewell to Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings as she joins her ancestors"
https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/features/ghana-bids-farewell-to-nana-konadu-agyeman-rawlings-as-she-joins-her-ancestors/2025/
Ghanaweb
https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/PHOTOS-State-funeral-for-former-First-Lady-Nana-Konadu-Agyeman-Rawlings-2011419